Posts tagged with "EEZ"

November 18th, 2018Turkey said on Sunday it was repeating its warning to companies and countries over hydrocarbon exploration in Cyprus' exclusive economic zone (EEZ), suggesting that drilling by US giant ExxonMobil could change the delicate balance on the Cyprus issue.
In a statement, Ankara warned it would launch its drilling activities in areas where...

November 16th, 2018By George Psyllides
US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources Francis Fannon reiterated his government’s support to the Republic of Cyprus’ right to develop its natural wealth, adding that his country promotes energy developments in the Eastern Mediterranean region as a matter of priority.
Fannon, who was visiting...

November 12th, 2018By Elias Hazou
The Stena Icemax drillship has arrived on location in Cyprus’ offshore block 10 and is preparing to bore down into the seabed, energy minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis said on Monday.
He was speaking to the press after giving MPs a briefing on the overall state of play in the hydrocarbons space, with emphasis on the two...

November 2nd, 2018Nicosia wants Turkey to be involved in the energy developments in the region, but it has first to help solve the Cyprus problem, Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides said on Friday.
He was speaking at a roundtable discussion at the Economist’s 14th Cyprus Summit that took place in Nicosia. The discussion, on energy security and...

October 22nd, 2018
Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot side upped the rhetoric on Monday with regard to Cyprus’ energy plans with warning messages to the government coming from both the north and from Ankara, one of which was also directed at Athens.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Monday by Turkish Cypriot news outlet...

October 22nd, 2018Turkey will react to the drilling later this year by US energy giants ExxonMobil, even if there are ongoing Cyprus talks, Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Kudret Ozersay said in the second part of his interview with Phileleftheros published on Monday.
Ozersay said there were areas of Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone claimed by...

October 19th, 2018A Turkish energy exploration ship will continue to operate in the Mediterranean Sea, the energy minister said on Friday, after Ankara said the navy stopped a Greek frigate from harassing the ship.
The Barbaros Hayreddin Pasa will be conducting surveys in a sea area of approximately 44,000 square kilometres.
"Turkish Petroleum's...

October 18th, 2018By Elias Hazou
A Turkish seismic survey vessel waded into Cyprus’ maritime zone on Thursday, with reports from Turkey claiming the boat had been harassed en route by a Greek frigate.
The Barbaros Hayreddin Pasa will be conducting surveys in a sea area of approximately 44,000 square kilometres.
The Turkish Navtex, or marine...

October 15th, 2018Turkey plans its exploratory drilling in the Eastern Mediterranean on October 29, it was reported on Monday.
Ankara said last week it’s drilling vessel Fatih had already arrived onsite and that training would be conducted with drilling at the end of the month.
Necdet Pamir, the Chairman of the Energy Commission of the...

September 29th, 2018The US sees Cyprus as an important partner in its wider region and was working to build a stronger political relationship with the country, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Palmer has said.
Speaking during the official lunch for the 2nd Capital Link Investment Forum held in New York,...

September 18th, 2018Cyprus and Egypt will sign an agreement for an underwater natural gas pipeline on Wednesday, set to be the first of its type for the region, Energy Minister Yiorgos Lakkotrypis said on Tuesday.
Lakkotrypis and his Egyptian counterpart Tarek el Mollahad held a meeting in the evening with President Nicos Anastasiades, where they...

September 2nd, 2018Nobody loves the United Nations. It’s a bureaucracy, and its job is to make rules. But where else could you negotiate a treaty on ‘The Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction’ (BBNJ for short)? That is to say, bringing the rule of law to the high seas before all the fish...

August 30th, 2018No navigational warning, issued by Cyprus, has been cancelled, government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said on Thursday, as Ankara issued one disputing the Republic’s rights.
A navtex, which Ankara has issued, Prodromou said, is contrary to existing international rules and regulations governing shipping and aims at specific...

August 26th, 2018By Charles Ellinas
MUCH has been said during the last few weeks about the future of Aphrodite, in light of the potential gas sales to Shell’s liquefaction plant at Idku in Egypt. And justifiably so, given the potentially serious implications on revenues from these sales and on the Cypriot economy over the next 18 years.
These...

July 24th, 2018If the Greek Cypriot side starts drilling in the autumn, Turkey will also, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday.
Cavusoglu, who was in the north for a meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, told the Turkish Aksam news outlet that where Cyprus was concerned, the process could not bear another...

July 22nd, 2018Cyprus is taking all necessary measures to ensure that US energy giant, ExxonMobil’s exploratory programme in the island’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) proceeds smoothly, Energy Minister Yiorgos Lakkotrypis said on Sunday.
He also reiterated that developments on the Cyprus problem should not affect the country’s energy...

July 22nd, 2018HAVING given the two leaders a whole year to reflect on whether they wanted the UN to facilitate a Cyprus settlement, UN Secretary-General Antiono Guterres will now seek to find out the outcome of this reflection. His representative Jane Holl Lute on Monday will have one-to-one meetings with President Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot...

July 12th, 2018Nicosia shall not remain idle in the face of possible Turkish provocations within Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), president Nicos Anastasiades said on Thursday.
“We shall not sit idly by should Turkey engage in new provocations in our EEZ,” Anastasiades told CyBC in an exclusive interview with the public...

July 1st, 2018Total’s energy programme was discussed during a meeting in Paris between President Nicos Anastasiades and the general director of the company Patrick Pouyanne, during which he reiterated Total’s interest in increasing its presence in Cyprus.
Government Spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said during the meeting on Saturday evening...

June 26th, 2018The US is working to strengthen security and energy cooperation with Cyprus, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Wes Mitchell told Congress’ Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday.
He noted that Washington is constructing a long-term strategy to bolster their presence in the Eastern Mediterranean.
“We...

June 19th, 2018French oil and gas giant Total is interested in broadening its presence in Cyprus’ hydrocarbons space, president Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday after seeing a senior executive of the company.
“There is an ongoing positive consultation,” Anastasiades told reporters following a meeting at the presidential palace with Stephane...

June 8th, 2018A delegation from US energy giant ExxonMobil led by the company’s vice-president for Europe, Russia, Asia, the Pacific and the Middle East, Tristan Asprey was in Cyprus for talks with the government on Friday.
According to Energy Minister George Lakkotrypis, speaking on the sidelines of the casino groundbreaking ceremony in...

June 7th, 2018The US and Cyprus have entered a new level of relations in the field of energy, especially after the third licensing round with ExxonMobil signing an exploration and production sharing contract for block 10 of the island’s EEZ, Disy leader Averof Neophytou said
Neophytou was speaking at the 4th Washington Oil & Gas Forum...

June 6th, 2018A US State Department official said the harassment of drilling vessels by Turkey inside Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone would not go unnoticed, as he reiterated his country’s support for a bizonal federation as the form of the island’s reunification.
“I think what we have to do on Cyprus specifically, and I was just there...

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